October 18, 2023

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324
Trust is an unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
1/24
2 A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569
From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.
2/57
3 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498
Haig's book is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived.
3/23
4 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933
Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day.
5/124
5 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433
Kuang's breathtaking novel grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.
7/7
6 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463
These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge.
10/4
7 Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18.00, 9781984818409
A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind.
4/6
8 The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $18.00, 9780307389091
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the first of a two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick.
6/3
9 The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.
8/73
10 All the Light We Cannot See (Media Tie-In)- Debut
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668017340
Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II.
/1
11 Wildfire
Hannah Grace, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668026274
The latest in the TikTok sensation and deliciously "swoonworthy" (Elena Armas, New York Times bestselling author) Maple Hills series follows two summer camp counselors who reconnect after a sizzling one-night stand. An October 2023 Indie Next Pick.
9/2
12 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583
The seductive and stunning sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses.
11/8
13 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
In Hoover's honest, evocative, and tender novel, a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can't stop thinking about her first love.
12/98
14 A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707
Yanagihara's astonishing novel about love and friendship in the 21st century was a March 2015 Indie Next Pick and a National Book Award finalist.
/28
15 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
A gripping psychological thriller about a woman's act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.
13/62
 
     

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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Killers of the Flower Moon (Movie Tie-In Edition): The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI- Debut
David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831
Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.
/1
2 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
2/201
3 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951
From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
3/29
4 All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering.
4/102
5 The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
5/159
6 An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255
Every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In An Immense World, science journalist Ed Yong helps us to experience the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that other animals perceive.
7/7
7 Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593315200
From The New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Memoir.
6/5
8 Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Likes to Walk Outside
Nick Offerman, Dutton, $18.00, 9781101984703
A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors.
9/2
9 The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more all presented in the inimitably useful and humorous way it has done since 1792.
11/7
10 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088
A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this moving, page-turning memoir.
10/19
11 American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25.00, 9780375726262
A deep, fantastic look at the complex physicist and father of the atomic bomb.
8/17
12 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong.
13/73
13 Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all.
15/19
14 Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872913
The acclaimed, award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv offers a groundbreaking exploration of mental illness and the mind, and illuminates the startling connections between diagnosis and identity.
14/3
15 Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22.00, 9781324094067
Necessary reading for anyone who cares about America's past, present, and future, Indigenous Continent restores Native peoples to their rightful place at the very fulcrum of American history.
/4
 
     

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Hardcover Fiction

 



Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063327528
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick.
1/11
2 Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
2/21
3 Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345
Funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. An April 2022 Indie Next Pick.
4/80
4 Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
3/52
5 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946
Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick.
5/10
6 Roman Stories- Debut
Jhumpa Lahiri, Todd Portnowitz (Transl.), Knopf, $27.00, 9780593536322
These are splendid, searching stories, written in Jhumpa Lahiri's adopted language of Italian and seamlessly translated by the author and by Knopf editor Todd Portnowitz.
/1
7 The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32.00, 9780802162175
Verghese's new novel is a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick.
7/24
8 The Mysteries- Debut
Bill Watterson, John Kascht (Illus.), Andrews McMeel Publishing, $19.99, 9781524884949
From Bill Watterson, bestselling creator of the beloved comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, and John Kascht, one of America's most renowned caricaturists, comes a mysterious and beautifully illustrated fable about what lies beyond human understanding.
/1
9 The Fraud
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29.00, 9780525558965
From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick.
8/6
10 Starling House
Alix E. Harrow, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250799050
Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January. An October 2023 Indie Next Pick.
6/2
11 The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593299425
A new mystery is afoot in the fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman.
9/4
12 The Iliad
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), W. W. Norton & Company, $39.95, 9781324001805
The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time.
10/3
13 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201
The exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is the #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2022.
14/65
14 North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033
When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick.
15/4
15 The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593418390
A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive. The #1 Indie Next Pick for September 2023.
11/5
ON THE RISE
16 Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare, Del Rey, $30.00, 9780525619994
Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of forbidden love, dangerous magic, and dark secrets that could change the world forever in the start of a riveting epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick.
 
 
     

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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $30.00, 9781324074335
From the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX's spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center.
1/2
2 Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Viking, $30.00, 9780593652961
Many books tell us what has happened over the last five years. Democracy Awakening explains how we got to this perilous point, what our history really tells us about ourselves, and what the future of democracy can be.
2/3
3 Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life- Debut
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593655955
The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone.
/1
4 The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us.
5/39
5 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260
The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick.
4/26
6 Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982181284
An astonishingly intimate biography of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence.
3/5
7 Enough
Cassidy Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668028285
Cassidy Hutchinson's desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington.
9/3
8 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700
The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention.
6/4
9 Making It So: A Memoir
Patrick Stewart, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781982167738
The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart!
7/2
10 Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business- Debut
Roxane Gay, Harper, $30.00, 9780063341463
Opinions is a collection of Roxane Gay's best nonfiction pieces from the past ten years.
/1
11 More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook- Debut
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780593578841
Learn to cook with confidence and unbridled joy in 100 big, bold, flavorful recipes from New York Times bestselling author Molly Baz.
/1
12 Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon, Knopf, $35.00, 9780385350549
Eve is not only a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. Picking up where Sapiens left off, Eve will completely change what you think you know about evolution and why Homo sapiens has become such a successful and dominant species.
8/2
13 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health.
13/29
14 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
12/85
15 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374610326
Doppelganger asks: What do we neglect as we polish and perfect our digital reflections? Is it possible to dispose of our doubles and overcome the pathologies of a culture of multiplication? Can we create a politics of collective care and undertake a true reckoning with historical crimes? The result is a revelatory treatment of the way many of us think and feel now—and an intellectual adventure story for our times.
10/5
 
     


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
1/380
2 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972
2/8
3 The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916
4/8
4 No Plan B
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577
3/15
5 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
10/125
6 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
6/204
7 The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell, Pocket Books, $10.99, 9781668026519
9/3
8 The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635
/3
9 The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
7/17
10 A Flicker in the Dark- Debut
Stacy Willingham, Minotaur Books, $9.99, 9781250896445
/1
 
     


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1 Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World
Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822
 
2 The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
 
3 The Puppets of Spelhorst- Debut
Kate DiCamillo, Julie Morstad (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536216752
 
4 Dogtown
Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608
 
5 The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
 
6 Cat on the Run in Cat of Death!
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825
 
7 Wrecker
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593376287
 
8 Ghost Book
Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $14.99, 9781250810434
 
9 From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153
 
10 Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
 
11 Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
12 Ghosts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801903
 
13 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
 
14 Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
 
15 The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
 
 
     

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Young Adult



Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1 Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
 
2 The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114
 
3 Curious Tides
Pascale Lacelle, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $21.99, 9781665939270
 
4 A Study in Drowning
Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506
 
5 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
6 Nimona
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227
 
7 Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
 
8 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
 
9 Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
 
10 This Winter
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132
 
11 The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
 
12 They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
13 Night of the Witch- Debut
Sara Raasch, Beth Revis, Sourcebooks Fire, $18.99, 9781728272160
 
14 Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250766588
 
15 Lightlark (The Lightlark Saga Book 1)
Alex Aster, Amulet Paperbacks, $12.99, 9781419760877
 
 
     

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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Illustrated  
1 Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
 
2 Boo! Bluey's Halloween
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540
 
3 Dragon's First Taco
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178
 
4 Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486955
 
5 Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533
 
6 Something, Someday
Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203255
 
7 Zilot & Other Important Rhymes- Debut
Bob Odenkirk, Erin Odenkirk (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316438506
 
8 Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
 
9 Peekaboo: Pumpkin
Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813
 
10 Construction Site: Taking Flight!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $17.99, 9781797221922
 
11 Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368059589
 
12 Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperFestival, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
13 Eek! Halloween!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143
 
14 If I Was a Horse
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316510981
 
15 Just Because
Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032  
 
 
     

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Children's Series



Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Series  
1 Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
2 Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
3 Wild Robot (hardcover)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 
4 Spy School (hardcover and paperback)
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
 
5 Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
6 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
7 I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic
 
8 Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
 
9 The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
10 Narwhal and Jelly (hardcover and paperback)
Ben Clanton, Tundra Books
 

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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023

16 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702

17 Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593492666

18 Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780593446089

19 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624

20 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352

21 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570

22 The Way Forward
Yung Pueblo, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $16.99, 9781524874834

23 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323

24 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038

25 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591

26 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212

27 Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736

28 The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Lauren Groff (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Anchor, $18.00, 9780593470596

29 It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226

30 Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088

31 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957

32 Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525559757

33 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318

34 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063342965

35 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990

36 Liberation Day: Stories
George Saunders, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $17.00, 9780525509615

37 The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064

38 The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315088

39 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090

40 All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781501173219

41 House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577020

42 House of Sky and Breath
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639731756

43 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606

44 The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593439357

45 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578

46 Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.00, 9781250019875

47 The Mountain in the Sea
Ray Nayler, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872272

48 The Last Chairlift
John Irving, Simon & Schuster, $24.99, 9781501189289

49 Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $20.00, 9781668002193

50 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023

16 How We Live Is How We Die
Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $21.95, 9781645472407

17 Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $24.99, 9781549304002

18 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742

19 When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe, Anchor, $18.00, 9780593081877

20 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257

21 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287

22 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359

23 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791

24 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

25 Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
Temple Grandin, PhD, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593418376

26 In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
Mona Chollet, St. Martin's Griffin, $20.00, 9781250894878

27 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446

28 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255

29 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037

30 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321

31 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25.00, 9781250858801

32 Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better
Woo-kyoung Ahn, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250805973

33 Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
Karen Armstrong, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593313404

34 Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9780593136355

35 This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music
Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas, Norton, $17.95, 9781324065968

36 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609

37 Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Journey to the Edge of Physics
Antonio Padilla, Picador, $20.00, 9781250872821

38 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18.00, 9780525555247

39 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $17.00, 9781400078431

40 The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (Shortest History Series)
Michael Scott-Baumann, The Experiment, $16.95, 9781615199501

41 The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene, Penguin, $26.00, 9780140280197

42 Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807014271

43 The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
bell hooks, Washington Square Press, $17.99, 9780743456081

44 The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz
Eti Elboim, Sara Leibovits, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008600280

45 Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $18.00, 9781416591061

46 How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms
Frank Hyman, Storey Publishing, $16.99, 9781635863321

47 These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19.00, 9780063092792

48 Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Andy Borowitz, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668003893

49 HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361

50 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023

16 Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare, Del Rey, $30.00, 9780525619994

17 Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668016138

18 The Fragile Threads of Power
V. E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9780765387493

19 Wellness
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536117

20 The Armor of Light
Ken Follett, Viking, $38.00, 9780525954996

21 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157

22 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833

23 Blackouts
Justin Torres, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374293574

24 Death Valley
Melissa Broder, Scribner, $27.00, 9781668024843

25 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781501153228

26 The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212

27 Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
Jordan Peele (Ed.), Random House, $30.00, 9780593243794

28 The MANIAC
Benjamin Labatut, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593654477

29 Land of Milk and Honey
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593538241

30 Starter Villain
John Scalzi, Tor Books, $28.99, 9780765389220

31 Family Meal
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593421093

32 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741

33 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732

34 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625

35 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28.00, 9781982179007

36 The Running Grave
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland Books, $32.50, 9780316572101

37 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991

38 Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063315044

39 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593441275

40 Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982117085

41 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969

42 Rouge
Mona Awad, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.00, 9781982169695

43 The Hurricane Wars
Thea Guanzon, Harper Voyager, $30.00, 9780063277274

44 Brooklyn Crime Novel
Jonathan Lethem, Ecco, $30.00, 9780062938824

45 Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250899699

46 Happiness Falls
Angie Kim, Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593448205

47 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $20.99, 9781250236210

48 Blood Lines
Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille, Scribner, $29.99, 9781501101816

49 The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story
Mark Helprin, Harry N. Abrams, $30.00, 9781419769085

50 The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28.00, 9780812998627

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023

16 Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593472675

17 The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753096

18 To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426223303

19 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180

20 Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30.00, 9780593545409

21 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581

22 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919

23 Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
Werner Herzog, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593490297

24 Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
Steve Inskeep, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593297865

25 I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824

26 Guinness World Records 2024
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378

27 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323

28 How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
Safiya Sinclair, 37 Ink, $28.99, 9781982132330

29 MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
Joanna Robinson, et al., Liveright, $35.00, 9781631497513

30 Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Press, $32.00, 9781250283320

31 Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Michael Harriot, Dey Street Books, $32.50, 9780358439165

32 Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST
Martin Baron, Flatiron Books, $34.99, 9781250844200

33 Thicker than Water: A Memoir
Kerry Washington, Little, Brown Spark, $30.00, 9780316497398

34 Begin Again: How We Got Here and Where We Might Go - Our Human Story. So Far.
Oliver Jeffers, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $26.99, 9780593621554

35 A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802160508

36 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593298886

37 In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
Amy Schneider, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $28.00, 9781668013304

38 Down the Drain
Julia Fox, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668011508

39 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
Maria Bamford, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781982168568

40 Oh. It's You.: Love Poems by Cats
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle Books, $12.95, 9781797220031

41 Lou Reed: The King of New York
Will Hermes, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35.00, 9780374193393

42 The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor
Keegan-Michael Key, Elle Key, Chronicle Books, $29.95, 9781797216836

43 Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $37.50, 9781476753836

44 Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
Mercury Stardust, DK, $24.99, 9780744079074

45 Seafood Simple: A Cookbook
Eric Ripert, Random House, $35.00, 9780593449523

46 Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis, DK, $32.00, 9780744080049

47 Emotional Intelligence Habits
Travis Bradberry, Talentsmart, $36.95, 9780974719375

48 Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
Zeke Faux, Crown Currency, $28.99, 9780593443811

49 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Viking, $30.00, 9780735225268

50 To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment
Bret Baier, Mariner Books, $32.50, 9780063039582

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023

11 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279

12 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928

13 Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129

14 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657

15 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129

16 Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909

17 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803

18 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342

19 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296

20 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541

21 The Whittiers
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821850

22 Night Shift
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743640

23 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488

24 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110

25 The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316258937

26 The Noise
James Patterson, J.D. Barker, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538753040

27 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357

28 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741

29 That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661

30 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488

31 The Horsewoman
James Patterson, Mike Lupica, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538752944

32 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487

33 Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780593599006

34 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466

35 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

36 The Last House Guest
Megan Miranda, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $10.99, 9781668012796

37 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686

38 Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt Paperbacks, $10.99, 9781250894229

39 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125

40 The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982154936

41 Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743664

42 Diablo Mesa
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538736746

43 The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553588941

44 Greenwich Park
Katherine Faulkner, Pocket Books, $10.99, 9781668021620

45 Misery
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501156748

46 The Omega Factor
Steve Berry, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538720974

47 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835

48 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484

49 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400

50 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716

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